Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-11
CITY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Meeting of the Executive Committee
Last Night-Adopiion of Rules, Etc.

| Meeting of the Executive Committee
Last Night-Adopiion of Rules, Etc.
The Executive Committee of the City
Improvement Association held meeting
last evening, at which nearly all the menu
bers were present DR.. Simmons in the
| chair and ]. o. Coleman Secretary.
The special committee to draft rules for
| the government of the Executive Commit
tee submitted the following report:
To the Executive Committee OF the Sacramento
| improvement association: Your committee, ap-
pointed TO draft rules for the government OF the
Executive Committee, to select names or titles
Tor the various standing subcommittee ana to
| prepare an address to the citizens of Sacra-
mento, beg leave to report the following:
RULES.
The regular monthly meetings shall be held
on the first Monday of each month, at p. NJ.
Special meetings may be called by the Presi-
dent, or by five members OF the Executive
Committee, or by vote of the Executive Com
mittee.
Nine members shall constitute a quorum
ANY absentee shall be fined 81, unless salts
factory excuse be filed before the meeting.
II any member shall be absent from more
than three consecutive meetings without salts
factory excuse, the Executive Committee shall
declare his seat vacant and Immediately elect a
successor.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
/. Roll call.
3 Reading and approval of minutes
3. Reports and consideration thereof from
standing committees in the order in which they
are named.
4. Reports and consideration thereof from
special committees.
.. Unfinished business.
6. New business.
:, ,Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Usage
shall govern in all questions of parliamentary
law.
STANDING COMMITTEES
l. On filling in China slough and repairing the
wharves and sheds upon the city front.
?. On water works, machinery and plans of
supplying pure and clear water for domestic
purposes and for motive mower for machinery.
3. On opening, graveling, matchmaking or
otherwise improving city streets and alleys.
.. On shade trees and improving sidewalks.
5. On iveways and county roads and beauti-
flying the same by planting evergreen trees.
.. On manufacturing interests and business
enterprises.
:. On public officers and the manner in which
they perform their services.
5. On awnings, buildings, signs and obstruc-
tionS to sidewalks and streets.
9. On division OF large tracts of land in the
county for the use of actual settlers
10 On Chinatown.
II. On disposition of garbage and filling in of
low lots.
II On sewerage and drainage
-. On irrigation for the county.
H. On bonded debt and taxation
10 On city charter
l6 On permanent exhibition of resources of
Central and Northern California.
H. To assist in the prosecution of suits and
waterways with sewage. debris or otherwise.
49, On street railway facilities.
- On public parks and Fairgrounds.
DO On finance.
Each committee shall have charge of all mat
tiers referred TO it by the Executive Committee
and OF such other matters as naturally apper-
tain to the duties of the committee, and Shall
report at each regularmeeting and at such other
special meetings as ordered.
Eaeh standing committee shall consist of five
members OF the Association, unless otherwise
ordered by the Executive Committee
The meeting Of the members of the Executive
committee shall be open to the members of the
Association and invited guests of the Executive
Committee, except when the committee is in
executive session, when the proceedings shall
be considered confidential and shall not be
made public except by order of the Executive
Committee
The report was unanimously adopted.
The following address, submitted by Col
onel Hamilton, to accompany copies of the
constitution OF the Association in sending
out the same, was read and adopted:
To the Citizens Of the CRY and County of Sqera
meWo: Having been selected as the = Exeeu-
tive Committee " of 20 The improvement Asso-
citation OF the City and County of Sacramento
we deem It proper at this time to lay before you.
as briefly as possible, our aims etc
1t is the purpose of the Association to inaugu-
rate some reforms. and to generally improve the
appearance and financial condition of our CITY
and county, by devoting our time and energies
TO the same.
The following titles of committees. with the
duties allotted TO each, will give you an idea of
tne LABOR 10 De performed, and we feel that sue
cess cannot be attained unless we receive your
hearty and cordial, moral and financial aid and
support.
The committees are given in the above re.
port.
If these committees shall receive the aid and
encouragement from you desired, we hope to
soon observe an improved appearance in our
city and county, and an impetus given to ali
lines of business that will amply reward our
efforts
1t should be remembered that our Association
authority to enforce its recommendations, can
accomplish little unless it receives the moral
ana material support of large body of influen-
tai citizens Therefore, we hope that you will
promptly hand In your name to the society or
to the Canvassing Committee for membership
in the Association.
Quite an extended exchange of views
was engaged in concerning the appoint.
ment of the several Standing Committees
provided for in the rules adopted 1t was
finally agreed to make an effort to largely
increase the membership of the Associa-
ton before the committees were selected so
that as large a number as possible might
be had from which to select those best
qualified for the various branches of work
to be entered upon.
Upon motion of Mr.. Galiatin, it was or
dered that a committee of three be ap-
pointed to select 500 names, Or such num-
Der as they shall deem best, who shall be
requested 20 become members and aid ac-
lively in the work.
The Chair appointed as such committee
Albert Gallatin, L. k. Alsip and Colonel
Ed. r. Hamilton. By a subsequent mo-
ton the same committee was instructed to
send the address and constitution of the
ASSOCIATION to the persons so selected have
q canvass made for memberships in such
manner as deemed best by them, and to re-
port results TO the Executive Committee.
The meeting was then adjourned to await
the action of the Special Committee, which
1t IS expected viii DE reported some time
early next week.